A 16-year-old accused of trying to kill another teen will face charges in adult court. His target wasn't hurt, but a woman driving by the shooting scene was shot in the neck.

Gerius Devonte Bullox is charged with attempted first-degree murder for allegedly firing a shot at another teen beside a busy street in South Memphis days before Christmas.

The intended victim, Lugene Moore, 18, said he had previously gotten into a squabble with Bullox's friend, Anthony Gardner, 17.

During a hearing Wednesday in Shelby County Juvenile Court, Moore testified that Bullox and Gardner caught up with him on Dec. 17 on Preston near Waldorf, with Gardner intent on finishing the argument.

First, he and Gardner exchanged blows. Then, Gardner raised a gun and began firing at him, the victim said. Moore said he also saw Bullox fire a shot at him before running from the area.

The bullets didn't hit Moore but shattered the back windshield of a passerby's car before digging into the back of her neck, temporarily paralyzing her. Shirley Wang, 60, was wearing a neck brace as she testified that she had been headed toward her home in another neighborhood when she heard: "pop, pop."

She didn't realize she had been shot until she couldn't brake or steer her car, which veered out of control and crashed into two parked cars.

Doctors didn't remove the bullet because it was too close to her spine, she told Special Judge Dan Michael. She said she doesn't yet know her long-term prognosis.

After her testimony, she took a seat in the front of the courtroom beside her daughter and husband, wiping tears with a cloth. Her family declined to talk after the hearing.

The judge transferred Bullox to adult court to face a charge of trying to kill the 18-year-old. Michael dismissed the attempted first-degree murder charges involving Wang and a third victim, whose car was struck by an errant bullet. She didn't show up in court.

Bullox's attorney, Larry Nance, had argued to keep the teen in the juvenile system, telling the judge that the teen's behavior has worsened since he witnessed his father's homicide. An acquaintance shot the father, Melvin Ray, 30, in the head in May 2011 in a South Memphis house.

Gardner, who waived his right to a hearing to contest the charges, was previously transferred to adult court on three counts of attempted first-degree murder involving all of the victims.

The judge didn't explain why he didn't find probable cause on two of the counts against Bullox.

Nance had questioned the 60-year-old, who didn't know the suspects and didn't see who shot her. The 18-year-old victim saw her in the car, but didn't witness the shooting.

Intense questioning by teens' attorneys is now a frequent occurrence at Juvenile Court since the U.S. Department of Justice imposed mandates last year that require a more zealous defense, as is done in adult court.

They convinced the judge that Millington police failed to read Miranda rights to a teen before his statement and officers brought two of the teens to the victim at the Church Street store and made them repeat what the robbers had said: "Give me your money." She then identified them as the robbers. The culprits' had worn bandannas over their faces and skull caps over their hair.